{"id":16058,"date":"2018-05-23T12:05:13","date_gmt":"2018-05-23T16:05:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=16058"},"modified":"2018-05-23T12:05:13","modified_gmt":"2018-05-23T16:05:13","slug":"videos-rockets-launched-by-spacex-and-orbital-atk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=16058","title":{"rendered":"Videos: Rockets launched by SpaceX and Orbital ATK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two launches by US commercial rocket companies took place this week:<\/p>\n<p>** A\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.spacex.com\/falcon9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>SpaceX Falcon 9<\/strong><\/a> launched on Tuesday from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vandenberg.af.mil\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vandenberg Air Force Base<\/a> on the coast of California with seven satellites. First released after reaching a low earth orbit were the two <a href=\"https:\/\/gracefo.jpl.nasa.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GRACE-FO<\/a> (<em>Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Follow-on<\/em>) research spacecraft sponsored by NASA and the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ). After a coast period and a brief firing of the upper stage engine, five Iridium <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iridium.com\/network\/iridium-next\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NEXT communications satellites<\/a> were deployed successfully.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Qm-t0DgBVUs?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0GRACE-FO spacecraft<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>will continue a study begun by the original GRACE mission, which proved that water movement can be tracked with high precision by its effect on Earth&#8217;s gravitational field. GRACE-FO will continue the record of regional variations in gravity, telling us about changes in glaciers, ground water, sea levels and the health of our planet as a whole.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The five NEXT satellites join 50 others launched previously by SpaceX, ten at a time. There will be two more F9 launches of NEXT satellites this year to complete the constellation.<\/p>\n<p>Another video of the mission:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Bx511_yqkuI?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>also find lots of great pictures of the launch at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spacex\">Official SpaceX Photos | Flickr<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"IRIDIUM-6\/GRACE-FO MISSION\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spacex\/42290932011\/in\/photostream\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/882\/42290932011_32ca381d25_z.jpg\" alt=\"IRIDIUM-6\/GRACE-FO MISSION\" width=\"420\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>** <strong>An <a href=\"https:\/\/www.orbitalatk.com\/flight-systems\/space-launch-vehicles\/antares\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Orbital ATK Antares<\/a><\/strong> rocket launched early Monday morning from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vaspace.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wallops Island, Virginia<\/a> with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.orbitalatk.com\/news-room\/feature-stories\/OA9-Mission-Page\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cygnus cargo spacecraft<\/a> that is carrying over 3.3 tons of supplies, equipment, and science and technology R&amp;D payloads to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission_pages\/station\/main\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">International Space Station<\/a>. The Cygnus will reach the ISS on Thursday morning. See the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.orbitalatk.com\/news-room\/feature-stories\/OA9-Mission-Page\/default.aspx\" target=\"_d\">OA-9 Mission Page<\/a>\u00a0for updates.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xURzEk9pais?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>A view of the launch:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16059\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16059\" style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"16059\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=16059\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/OA9_website1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"480,720\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;thom baur&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 7D Mark II&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1526877935&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;(C)thom baur&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;600&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"OA-9 Liftoff\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;The Antares lifts off from the pad a Wallops Island with the OA-9 Cygnus cargo spacecraft.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/OA9_website1.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16059\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/OA9_website1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/OA9_website1.jpg 480w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/OA9_website1-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16059\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>The Antares lifts off from the pad a Wallops Island with the OA-9 Cygnus cargo spacecraft.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">====<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"\/\/rcm-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/cm?o=1&amp;p=12&amp;l=ur1&amp;category=videogames&amp;banner=0YBSTB3PG6TJ80MABQG2&amp;f=ifr&amp;linkID=fef0176ddb8f1a2053cdf6c167e8a86b&amp;t=hobbyspace&amp;tracking_id=hobbyspace\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two launches by US commercial rocket companies took place this week: ** A\u00a0SpaceX Falcon 9 launched on Tuesday from Vandenberg Air Force Base on the coast of California with seven satellites. First released after reaching a low earth orbit were the two GRACE-FO (Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Follow-on) research spacecraft sponsored by NASA and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=16058\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Videos: Rockets launched by SpaceX and Orbital ATK<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16058","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rockets","category-space-systems"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-4b0","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":16444,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=16444","url_meta":{"origin":16058,"position":0},"title":"Videos: SpaceX Falcon 9 and Arianespace Ariane V rockets launch within short time","author":"TopSpacer","date":"July 25, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Two big rockets launched successfully this morning, lifting off within about 15 minutes of each other: ** A SpaceX Falcon 9 launched 10 Iridium NEXT satellites from Vandenberg AFB in California despite fog so heavy the rocket was not visible in ground cameras:\u00a0Iridium Completes Seventh Successful Iridium\u00ae NEXT Launch |\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Rockets&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Rockets","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=5"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/BoosterOnDroneShip-1024x576.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":15825,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=15825","url_meta":{"origin":16058,"position":1},"title":"Videos: Lots of rockets flying this week","author":"TopSpacer","date":"April 6, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"A sampling of the rockets flying this past week: ** Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo \"Unity\" flew under its own rocket power for the first time on Thursday when it fired its hybrid motor\u00a0 (solid fuel + liquid oxidizer) after dropping from the WhiteKnightTwo carrier airplane:\u00a0VSS Unity First Powered Flight: A major\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Rockets&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Rockets","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=5"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/8s-zY86Ec-I\/0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":18684,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=18684","url_meta":{"origin":16058,"position":2},"title":"Space transport roundup &#8211; May.7.2019","author":"TopSpacer","date":"May 7, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"A sampling of recent articles, videos, and images dealing with space transport: ** There were 4 successful launches by 4 private rocket companies over 4 days in the past week: *** May 2: Blue Origin's fully reusable New Shepard flew 38 experiments to 106 km on the vehicle's fifth flight:\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Rockets&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Rockets","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=5"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=hobbyspace&l=am2&o=1&a=1524742414","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":15223,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=15223","url_meta":{"origin":16058,"position":3},"title":"Videos: Dream Chaser landing, Chinese rocket launch, Planetary Resources Arkyd-6 sat, &#038; SpaceX&#8217;s Texas test site","author":"TopSpacer","date":"November 22, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Videos of some recent happenings in the space world: ** A Sierra Nevada Dream Chaser\u00a0recently practiced a landing from space by dropping from a helicopter and gliding back to a runway at NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center in California:\u00a0\u00a0Dream Chaser Achieves Successful Free Flight at NASA Armstrong | NASA https:\/\/youtu.be\/aDEKSPOLXAc\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Rockets&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Rockets","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=5"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/aDEKSPOLXAc\/0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":15967,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=15967","url_meta":{"origin":16058,"position":4},"title":"SpaceX Dragon returning for a splashdown in Pacific with a load of cargo","author":"TopSpacer","date":"May 4, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"A SpaceX Dragon Cargo spaceship will depart from the ISS on Saturday morning. 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